Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times This artwork of the Madonna is one of three artworks by Antonio Garcia at the Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center.

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Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times Leo Barrera (left) and Joe A. Gonzalez look at an exhibit at the Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center following a meeting of the Westside Business Association on Thursday. The mural above the artwork is one of three artworks by Antonio Garcia at the center.

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Rachel Denny Clow/Caller-Times This artwork of a little girl is one of three artworks by Antonio Garcia at the Antonio E. Garcia Arts & Education Center.

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Contributed image This "March On Washington" by Antonio E. Garcia was done in 1933 through the Work Project Administration in conjuntion with the Dallas Museum. It was displayed at San Diego High School, and now is at Duval County Historical Museum. It illustrates the WWI veterans march on Washington to demand payment for their service.

Contributed image The Sacred Heart, Our Lady of the Scapular and Our Lady of the Rosary occupy vaulted arches surrounding the altar at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. They were painted by Antonio Garcia in the early 1940s on wet plaster during construction of the church.

Contributed image This is one section of a mural at a private residence of the landing of Pirate Jean Laffite in Flour Bluff. The mural was originally in a restaurant.

Caller-Times Archive This 1985 photo shows Antonio E. Garcia alongside one of his paintings of South Texas working class people, a figurist style he became known for.

Caller-Times Archive The Juneteenth REview," painted by Antonio Garcia in 1939, was part of the 1949 Southern States Art LEague Traveling Exhibit. It now belongs to Corpus Christi Art Museum.

Caller-Times Archive "Robstown Cotton Pickers" was painted in 1939 by Antonio Garcia. It represents some of his post-Deepression years works concerned for the dignity of working people in their setting.

Caller-Times Archive During Antonio Garcia's time in Chicago, while attending the city's art institute, he studied with other figurist painters. "The Nude" was one of his works at the time.

Caller-Times Archive "Woman BEfore a Mirror, is a nearly life-sized portrait of Herminia Garcia, the patiner's wife. This painting by Artist Antonio E. Garcia was selected to hang in Dallas as part of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exhibition.